A DMU spokeswoman said: "The safety and security of our students is our top priority, so along with existing measures in place on our campus, we’ve been working in partnership with the police and Leicester City Council to improve security at Bede Park.

"We’re planning to spend more than £9,000 upgrading two of our existing CCTV cameras and installing a new rotating camera that is able to give a 360-degree views, to improve visibility of the area.

"The new cameras, which link to DMU’s security office – manned around the clock - will ensure our campus and the surrounding areas are as safe as possible."

Police outside Bede Park following reports of a stabbing

Inspector Rob Randell, policing commander for West Leicester, said his officers have been paying particular attention to the park and the surrounding area as part of an ongoing operation to reduce knife crime and robberies.

Insp Randell said the level of violence used in the attack on the young man last month was 'not normal'.

He said: "We have a programme of patrols for Bede Park already around our ongoing knife crime reduction work. We also have officers in plain clothes patrolling the area.

"We are leading to the time when the new students arrive and we will be doing some work with them to help them stay safe."

Recently, officers on patrol in the park arrested a man on suspicion of supplying drugs, Insp Randell said.